Betty Steele Parker

Background

Parker, Betty Steele was born on October 6, 1944 in Statesville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Howard Leslie and Nancy Edmona (Hunter) Steele.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, Lenoir-Rhyne College, 1967; Minnesota, University of Southern California, 1981.

Career

Staff nurse, Grace Hospital, Inc., Morgantown, North Carolina, 1967-1968; instructor psychiatric nursing, Broughton Hospital, Morgantown, 1968-1973; clinical nurse specialist, Broughton Hospital, Morgantown, 1987-1990; instructor medical/surgical nursing, Western Piedmont Community College, Morgantown, 1973-1974; instructor psychiatric nursing, Western Piedmont Community College, Morgantown, North Carolina, 1975; instructor psychiatric nursing, Lenoir-Rhyne College, 1975-1980; assistant professor psychiatric nursing, Lenoir-Rhyne College, 1981-1984; staff nurse, Frye Regional Medical Center, Hickory, 1984-1987; clinical nurse specialist, Catawba Memorial Hospital, Hickory, since 1990.

Achievements

• Betty Steele Parker has been listed as a noteworthy Mental health nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member ANA, Council Clinical Nurse Specialists, Sigma Theta Tau.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, horse-back riding, sewing.

Connections

Married Ernest Reid Parker III, July 14, 1967. Children: Karen Elaine, Scott Michael.

Father:

Howard Leslie Steele

Mother:

Nancy Edmona (Hunter) Steele

Spouse:

Ernest Reid Parker III

child:

Karen Elaine Parker

child:

Scott Michael Parker